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Well, until this discussion I had always thought that jock straps were worn by
jocks (football players etc) which also supports his point.
-eva

On Thursday, May 13, 1999 9:33 AM, Max W Wheeler [SMTP:maxw at cogs.susx.ac.uk]
wrote:

> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Rick Mc Callister wrote:

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>> [ Moderator's comment:
>>   I think the two writers are actually saying the same thing:  Were the word
>>   "jock" still in (common) use in the meaning "penis", it would not have
>>   been extended to the meaning "athlete" no matter what an athletic
>>   supporter was called.
>>   --rma ]

> Athletic supports are called jock straps in British English too, but
> until this correspondence I had no idea why (which sort of supports
> rma's point).

> Max W. Wheeler <maxw at cogs.susx.ac.uk>

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